Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-03
ALLAN QUAIERNAIN.
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.
AUTHOR OF KING soLoNoN's MINES" sHE
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CHAPTER VIII.-CoNrINUEp.

CHAPTER VIII.-CoNrINUEp
.God bless YOU all, Mr.. Quatermam! You
have saved my chili's life" she said, SIMPLY.
Then We went in and got our clothes off and
d..tor,si our wounds After that We had
bath. and what luxury 1t was. ami having
clad ourselves in ordinary clothes, pro,eeie'i
To the dining room, where breakfast Was set
ms usual When We We're finishing our break
fast the door opened and IN came little F!os-
sic very pale and lottery, but quite unhurt.
She kissed u all and thanked us congrat-
ulatei her on the presence OF mind she had
shown IN shooting the Nasal with her Der
ringer pistol, and thereby saving her own life.
"Oh. don't talk of it" she said. beginning
to cry Historically: Il shall never forget his
face as he went turning round and round,
never-l can sse II now.
| advised her 10 80 to bed and get some
sleep, which she did, and awoke in the even
ing quiet recovered, 50 far as her strength
Was concerned Ii struck me as an odd
thing that a girl who could find the nerve TO
shoot q huge black rutfian rushing to kill her
with a spear should have been 50 affected at
the thought Of 1t afterwards; but 1t Is, after
all, characteristic of the sex Poor FloSsie!
night in the Nasal camp for many long
year.
When breakfast was over we all turned in
and had good sleep, only getting up IN time
for dinner; after which meal We once more
adjourned, together with all the available
pppula.ion-men. women, youths and girls
u the scene OF the mornings slaughter, our
object being To bury our own dead and get
md Of the Nasal by hnging them into the
Tana river, which ran within fifty yards OF
the kraal.
We buried our dead in solemn silence,
Good being selected TO read the burial ser
vice over them (in the absence of Mr.. Mac
Ienzie confined 10 he'd. he .sas generally
allowed 70 pnss,,Ss the best Voice and most
impressiye manner II melancholy Ill
the extreme but. as Good said, II might have
ba,.u worse, for We might have nad ito bury
ourselves 1 pointed out that this would
have hen difficult feat. but l knew what
he meant
Next we set 10 work to load an OK wagon
which had been brought round from the
Mission with the dead bodies of the Nasal.
having first collected the spears, shields and
other arms We loaded the wagon five times,
about fifty bodies to the load. and emptied II
into the Tana. From this It was evident that
very few of the Nasal could have escaped.
The crocoiiles must have been well fed that
night One of the last bodies we picked up
was that of the sentry at the upper end.
asked Good how he managed to xiii him. and
he told me that he had crept up much as L M
slopogaas had done aad stabbed him with his
sword He groaned a good deal. but FORUM
ately nobody heard him. As Good said, 1t
was horrible thing to have to do, and most
unpleasantly like cold blooded murder.
And SO with the last body that hoated away
down the current OF the Tana ended the Incl
dent of our attack on the Nasal camp
In the evening had an interview with Mr.
Mackenzie, who WAS suffering good deal
from his wounds, which Good. who was
skillful though unqualified doctor, was treat
ing him for. He told me that this occurrence
had taught him a lesson, and that, If he re-
covered safely, he meant to hand over the
Mission to younger man. who was already
on his road to join him in his work, and re-
turn to England.
You s-e, Quatermain,' he said, Il made
up my mini to this this very morning, when
we were crseplng down upon those benlghtsd
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